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n. - An instrument for measuring the distance between two points (often used in the plural) v. - Measure the diameter of something with calipers.

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  • It seems to me the calliper 'sees' a disc assuming same size and not a tire size.
  • A small beam-calliper, with outside edges, for examining the adjusting rings and the ring-gauges.
  • A beam-calliper for measuring diameters is a square of steel or iron, with two branches, one of which is fixed and the other sliding.
  • With her eyepatch and her steel calliper, Tessa felt that her mother had been transformed from a glamorous extrovert into a “terrible burden” that the family had to...
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